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HANSARDEngagementsI hesitate to accuse the right hon. and learned Gentleman of obscurantism. He is misleading on the key point. The number of people with covid in this country is, of course, an…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsInadvertently misleading—24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is inadvertently giving a false impression of what Test and Trace is doing. The 33,000 cases in the country is, of course, an estimate. NHS…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsEverybody understands—we have seen it already, across the country—that when there are local outbreaks, for instance in Weston-super-Mare or in GP surgeries in north London, there…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to point out to m’learned friend that actually, there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty and 500,000 fewer children falling below thresholds of low income…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend knows a great deal about the subject whereof she now speaks. We remain fully committed to the welfare of all seafarers, regardless of their nationality. We ask all…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I would be only too happy to study the documents to which the right hon. Gentleman refers.24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs I said in my statement yesterday, the coronavirus job retention scheme—the furlough scheme—as well as what we have done for self-employed people, which has also been…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will certainly look at all proposals that my hon. Friend makes on taxation. As she must know, they are a matter for the Chancellor and for the next Budget, although what we have…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have massively increased our spending on universal credit, but the hon. Lady raises an important point about access to benefits for terminally ill people, and I will undertake,…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend, and he is quite right that there will be tough times ahead for people and for families. That is why we have massively increased universal credit. We…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI wonder whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman can name a single country in the world that has a functional contract tracing app—there isn’t one. What we have—and what, I…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have not seen the letter the right hon. Gentleman describes, but I can tell him absolutely categorically that there will be no new customs infrastructure for the very simple…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is completely wrong, because no country in the world has a working contact tracing app. I have always been clear—we have…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsActually, we are getting on with implementing a huge number of the recommendations we have already had. Sixteen of the Lammy recommendations have been implemented. A further 17…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I thank my hon. Friend for what he is doing to represent his young constituents. It is vital that we invest in people’s skills during what will unquestionably be…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have of course invested a huge amount in south Leicester. The local growth fund is expected to deliver 2,700 jobs and 5,000 new homes, but, as I am sure the House will…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out the evil that is done by drug gangs around the whole country. County lines operations have spread across our country, and we must…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI respectfully remind the right hon. Gentleman that, as part of our UK campaign against the coronavirus, Scotland has so far received £3.8 billion in Barnett consequentials—a fact…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.24 Jun 2020